The Shelby High cross country teams had strong showings at the Caldwell County Invitational on Wednesday.

The Golden Lions boys were second out of 29 teams, while the Shelby girls took seventh out of 23 teams.

The Lady Lions’ Ladeja Anderson took second in a time of 20:53.26, while Blanton Gillespie ran a 17:44.60 to finish fifth and pace the Shelby boys. Dre Colley came in 15th in 18:29.47 for Shelby.

Shelby’s Zach Fuller (21:14.24) was seventh in JV boys.

JV football

Kings Mountain 40, Forestview 20 — The junior Mountaineers (2-0) got two passing touchdowns from Daren Burns and he also ran for a pair of scores in the victory.

Trent Moore and Jair McCluney were on the receiving end of the scoring passes. McCluney also took a kickoff return the distance for another score while Xavier Roberts returned an interception for another Kings Mountain touchdown in the win.

Burns 44, Freedom 27 — The junior Bulldogs ran their 2013 record to 2-0 with a high-scoring triumph at Lawndale.

Willie Green passed for two touchdowns and three conversions in the win. Green hooked up with KJ Hopper on a 17-yard scoring toss and threw 12 yards to Scooter Colburn for another. On the conversions, Green hit (in succession) Teriq James, Colburn and James again.

Magale Washington produced touchdown runs of 15, 34 and four yards for Burns.

Cameron Barbee threw 14 yards to Garrick Bradley for another junior Bulldog score and then passed to Gabe Falls for a two-point conversion.

Aaron Ramseur and Harlond Adams led the Burns defensive effort.

South Point 27, Shelby 15 — The junior Golden Lions (1-1) got a touchdown on the opening kickoff but couldn’t slow down the visitors’ option offense at Blanton Memorial Stadium.

Jayden Borders took the opening kickoff back 75 yards to score but it would be Shelby’s last lead. The Lions later got a 14-yard touchdown run by CJ Ross. Jwan Sims passed to Ross for a two-point conversion and Ethan Triplett kicked an extra point to complete the Shelby scoring.

South Point got three touchdown runs from Ryan Etherton, the longest covering 14 yards, and Nolan Wilson also added a short scoring run for the victors. Etherton ran for a two-point conversion and Nick Farmer kicked an extra point for the junior Red Raiders.